Stocking-cap.



E. SWINBELL.

STOGKING GAP.

APPLICATION FILED PERM, 1919,

Patented. Nov. 15, i919. l

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ETTA SWNDELL, OF NASHVILLE,l TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES SWINDELL, OF

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

STOCIING-CAP.

Specicaton of Letters Patent. Patented NOV. 15, 1910.

Application filed February A28, 1910. Serial No. 546,425.

To, all 'whom lit may concern: l

Be it known that I, E'LTA SwiNDELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stocking- Caps; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in stockingcaps.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a cap of this class with a throat and inouthguai'd which will serve to protect the throat vandinouth and at the Sametime will assist in holding the cap in position.

IVith the foregoing and other objectsA in view, the invention consists of certain no vel features bf construction. combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim. l

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of the cap; Fig. 2 is a plan .view of the tube of woolen orother material 'from which the cap is formed, showing more particularly how the material is slit trans'- veisely at two different points to enable the material to be suitably folded `to formtlie throat andinouth protector; Fig. 3 is a similar view of the material after having been folded and stitched to formthe cap; Fig-4 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 3; Fig. 5`is a view, illustrating how the cap' appears when the throat protector isy turned up.`

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of the invention, tlie.

capis constructed of a `single knit fabricv tube l, which is shown in Fig. 2, asl slit in, onepof its side portions at..'two different points, a's at Zand 3, to enable the material to be properly folded to form the throat and' inout-h protector and to increasethe warmth ofthecap. l

In folding the cap for use, the lower portion thereof is "folded on a line between the twoslit portions 2 and 3 into the upper A 4stocking cap ofthe character described portion of tli'e tube bringing the edge 4 op'- posite the edge 5 and the edge 6 of the slit opposite the edge 7 of the slit 2. These edges are then knit or stitched together, as shown in Fig. 4, which' leaves the opening` therebetween and results in the formation of the throat and inout-h protector 9. ,Thisprotector also assists in holding the cap in position. I

In Fig. 1 of the drawings isillustrated the manner in which the cap looks with the throat protector turned down or arranged in throat engaging position and Fig. shows how the cap-appears when the throat protector is turnedl up and the cap worn in the'usual manner. y

If desired, the cap may be formed from a single knit tube, like a lstocking, in which case, it is only necessary to. slit the material at one place, about two inches from the bottom.'y

Froln the foregoing description, taken in the invention, as deiined inv-the appendedclaim.l l

What l1s claimed as new is:

comprising a resilient knit fabric. tube closed at one end and' having a pair of lspaced parallel slits cut therein, at a distance from the closed lend, the open end of thetube being folded inwardly intermediate the two' slits to bring the'edges ofsaid slits. into alinement, and means for securing the. edges of said slits together whereby -a single re- .infomed opening is formed.

. In testimony whereof I have hereuntov set my hand in presence oft-wo subscribing witnesses. i l ETTASWINDELL. Witnesses:v l L Mrs. T. K. POWERS,-

VEVA MARRY. 

